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Bradley J. Chilelli v. Signify North America Corporation
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 25-3031 · judgment February 25, 2026
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the judgment should be vacated and remanded where a federal court of appeals, sitting in diversity, affirmed summary judgment on an unsettled Kansas no-duty rule without addressing the Kansas Supreme Court’s most relevant decision defining a landowner’s duty to an independent contractor’s employee, and without considering certification of that state-law question.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Ronald William Chapman II
Chapman, Dowling, & Mallek
For respondent
Michael Thomas Raupp
Husch Blackwell LLP
Case
Subject area
Private Action (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Linked docket
25A1301
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jul 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jul 14 2026Waiver of right of respondent Signify North America Corporation to respond filed.
- Jun 25 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 30, 2026)
- May 26 2026Application (25A1301) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until June 25, 2026.
- May 18 2026Application (25A1301) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 26, 2026 to July 25, 2026, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.